India’s dream of winning a third World Cup title, at home at that, lay in tatters after a meltdown saw them crash to a six-wicket defeat against Australia on Sunday in Ahmedabad.
Australia thus won a record-extending sixth World Cup title, stretching their dominance in the tournament that started way back in 1975. They’ve now won six of the last 10 ODI World Cups with their first coming in 1987.
Travis Head made a match-winning 137 off 120 balls as Australia chased down the 241 run target in 43 overs.
India’s hopes were raised when Australia lost three wickets for 47 but a 191-run partnership between Head and Marnus Labuschagne (58*) shut the door on the opposition.
Earlier, put in to bat, India scored 240 runs with Virat Kohli and KL Rahul scoring fifties and Rohit Sharma putting on an onslaught at the start. But the Aussie seamers produced a superlative show to keep the Men in Blue down to a below-par total.
Sent in to bat on a slow and dry pitch, skipper Rohit Sharma provided India a flying start with a 31-ball 47 but Australia fought back, snapping three wickets to reduce the hosts to 81/3.
Kohli (54) and Rahul (66) then tried to resurrect the Indian innings, adding 67 runs before Pat Cummins removed the former. It was a struggle thereafter, as India failed to find the boundaries.
On a track where stroke-making became extremely difficult as overs passed, KL Rahul’s composed 66 off 107 gave India a push but he would have ideally liked to bat till the end having done the hard grind.
For Australia, Mitchell Starc (3/55) picked three wickets, while Pat Cummins (2/34), Josh Hazlewood (2/60), Glenn Maxwell (1/35) and Adam Zampa (1/44) were the other wicket-takers.
India vs Australia stats:
6 – Australia have now won a record six World Cup titles – more than any other team in history of the sport. They’ve lifted the trophy in 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015 and now 2023
20 – Australia have now won 20 World Cup titles in cricket. Men’s team has contributed six ODI World Cups and a single T20 World Cup (2021). The women’s team has won seven ODI World Cups (1978, 1982, 1988, 1997, 2005, 2013 and 2022) and six T20 World Cups (2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020 and 2023)
6 – Travis Head became the sixth centurion in a World Cup final joining an illustrious cast that includes Adam Gilchrist, Ricky Ponting, Viv Richards, Mahela Jayawardene and Clive Lloyd
10 – After 10 straight wins in the World Cup, India suffered a defeat on the final hurdle. New Zealand suffered the same fate in 2015 and England in 1979
24 – Mohammed Shami finished the 2023 World Cup with 24 wickets – most from this edition. He was initially not in the plans for the World Cup but only came in after Hardik Pandya’s injury
3 – Mohammed Shami’s three five-wicket hauls are now the most for any bowler in a World Cup edition. Shami took 7/57 against New Zealand in the semi-final, 5/18 versus Sri Lanka and 5/54 against New Zealand at Dharamsala in the group stage
137 – Travis Head scored 137 runs in the final and 62 runs in the semi-final to be named Player of the Match in both. Previous players to be given the accolade after the semi-final and final were Mohinder Amarnath (1983), Aravinda de Silva (1996) and Shane Warne (1999)
3038 runs – India closed the 2023 World Cup with 3038 runs which is the second-most for batters from any side behind 3059 by England in the 2019 edition
4 – India mustered just four boundaries from 11 to 50 overs which is the joint-fewest by them in a completed innings since July 2011
2 – Between the 11 and 40 overs, India scored just two boundaries. It is the fewest by a team in middle overs this World Cup. It is also the first time India failed to hit a six in this phase in this World Cup
5 – Josh Inglis took five catches when Australia were bowling. It is the most by a wicketkeeper in a World Cup final
1 – It is the first time India have been bowled out in this World Cup
8 – Pat Cummins went without conceding a boundary from his 10 over spell. It is the eighth instance during the 2023 World Cup. He is the only seamer in this list
23 – Adam Zampa finished with 23 wickets from the World Cup. It is the joint-most by a spinner in World Cup history. Sri Lanka legend Muttiah Muralitharan took the same number of wickets in the 2007 World Cup
240 – India’s total against Australia is the same that England and New Zealand produced during their exciting 2019 World Cup final
765 – Virat Kohli ended his 2023 World Cup campaign with 765 runs which is the most by any player in a single edition of the World Cup. It was the first time that the 700-run barrier was broken by any batter in the World Cup history with Kohli going past Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 673 runs in the 2003 edition
5 – Kohli scored five consecutive fifty-plus scores during the World Cup and nine straight in ODIs. He’s scored five consecutive fifty-plus runs for the second time in World Cups. Besides Kohli, only Steve Smith has five straight 50-plus scores in a World Cup
50+ scores – Kohli has thus scored fifty-plus totals in the semi-final and final of a World Cup. He joins Mike Brearley (1979), David Boon (1987), Javed Miandad (1992), Aravinda de Silva (1996), Grant Elliot (2015) and Steve Smith (2015) with this feat
92,453 – The official attendance for the 2023 World Cup final between India and Australia
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